ELM MEDICAL LABORATORY, INC. v. RKO GENERAL, INC.


403 Mass. 779 (1989)

532 N.E.2d 675

ELM MEDICAL LABORATORY, INC., & others vs. RKO GENERAL, INC., & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 11, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Paul Needham for the plaintiffs.

Laurie S. Gill (David R. Friedman with her) for the defendants.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


NOLAN, J.

The plaintiffs, an incorporated medical laboratory (ELM), its medical director, and its general manager, claim that the defendant, RKO General, Inc. (RKO),3 defamed them in five television broadcasts in July of 1980. The plaintiffs also claim invasion of privacy and tortious interference with business relations as a result of the broadcasts. A judge of the Superior Court allowed a motion for summary judgment in favor of RKO on...

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